"I-I have been, well..."
She paused to tuck back loose strands of her curly brown mane. Bright blue eyes still cast to the floor, as if searching for her answer there. With a gulp she looked back up from the ground to him. Her blush still lingering around her cheeks as she once again spoke in her soft meek voice.
"I have been taking care of the castle, studying my magic like you had told me to do before you left. I have watched the others leave or pass on, and wondered how I have been the only living here..."